Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 3958
أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الزَّعْفَرَانِيُّ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجٌ، عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ، عَنْ عَطَاءٍ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ عُبَيْدَ بْنَ عُمَيْرٍ، يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ عَائِشَةَ، تَزْعُمُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم كَانَ يَمْكُثُ عِنْدَ زَيْنَبَ بِنْتِ جَحْشٍ فَيَشْرَبُ عِنْدَهَا عَسَلاً فَتَوَاصَيْتُ أَنَا وَحَفْصَةُ أَنَّ أَيَّتَنَا دَخَلَ عَلَيْهَا النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَلْتَقُلْ إِنِّي أَجِدُ مِنْكَ رِيحَ مَغَافِيرَ أَكَلْتَ مَغَافِيرَ فَدَخَلَ عَلَى إِحْدَاهُمَا فَقَالَتْ ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَقَالَ " لاَ بَلْ شَرِبْتُ عَسَلاً عِنْدَ زَيْنَبَ بِنْتِ جَحْشٍ وَلَنْ أَعُودَ لَهُ " . فَنَزَلَتْ { يَا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ لِمَ تُحَرِّمُ مَا أَحَلَّ اللَّهُ لَكَ } { إِنْ تَتُوبَا إِلَى اللَّهِ } لِعَائِشَةَ وَحَفْصَةَ { وَإِذْ أَسَرَّ النَّبِيُّ إِلَى بَعْضِ أَزْوَاجِهِ حَدِيثًا } لِقَوْلِهِ " بَلْ شَرِبْتُ عَسَلاً " .
Al-Hasan ibn Muhammad al-Zaʿfarani reported to us; he said: Hajjaj narrated to us, from Ibn Jurayj, from ʿAtaʾ, who heard ʿUbayd ibn ʿUmayr say: I heard ʿAishah state that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, would stay with Zaynab bint Jahsh and drink honey at her home. Hafsah and I agreed that whichever of us the Prophet entered upon would say to him: ‘I smell maghafir on you. Have you eaten maghafir?’ He entered upon one of them, and she said this to him. He replied: ‘No; rather, I drank honey at Zaynab bint Jahsh’s home, but I will not do so again.’ Then these verses were revealed: ‘O Prophet, why do you forbid what Allah has made lawful for you?’ and ‘If you two turn to Allah in repentance…’—about ʿAishah and Hafsah—and ‘When the Prophet confided a matter to one of his wives…’—referring to his words, ‘Rather, I drank honey.’
Translation notes
Maghafir refers to a gum or resin with an unpleasant smell.